![]() This is a common mistake with beginners and is a definite fire hazard. WARNING! Overloading your candle with herbs or plant matter of any kind CAN and WILL produce a large flame. protects the spell while it’s in action and amplifies your intentions Encircling your candle spell with powders, oils, crystals, etc.After you’ve anointed in oil, roll your candle in loose leaf herbs or powders of your choice.Load your candle by carving out a portion of the top/bottom and adding herbs/oils.Carve symbols, sigils, pictures, or words into your candle using an athame, knife, pin, etc.Here’s the different ways to dress your candles: Do you need healing? Are you attracting love? A new job? Friendship? Justice in a legal matter? Envision yourself having whatever your desire/need is while dressing the candle. While you carve, load, anoint, and dress with herbs, visualize your intention for this candle ritual. You may choose to do one or all of these. Dressing a candle involves adding extra ingredients and intention into your candle spell or ritual by anointing your candle in oils, carving symbols or words into your candle, and/or rolling the oiled candle in loose leaf herbs and powders. I find them particularly powerful when using both the water and fire elements to fuel your spell work (think sacred polarity).Ĭandle magic for beginners should always include dressing a candle, but unfortunately this part is frequently overlooked. Floating candles: candles that float in water aren’t just pretty…they’re great for keeping one’s wishes afloat.Find tealights in packs at your dollar store or Walmart. They come in all colors and some are scented. Tealights: I particularly love tealights for heating up jar spells or doing quick candle magic.Human figure candles are used in love and healing spells, mostly. Animal candles are extra helpful when honoring and communicating with animal spirit guides and familiars. Animal and Figure Candles: these kinds come in various sizes and styles.Birthday candles: a cheap, quick-burning substitute for bell candles.Bell candles (also called chime or spell candles) burn in about an hour. Chime/Spell Candles: PERFECT for candle magic for beginners.Great to seal larger witch’s bottles or jars. Use these in candle magic that lasts three hours or more. Small pillars: smaller candles that burn faster than pillars and larger candles.These burn a long time, so I recommend using only as ambient lighting or to honor your gods/ancestors. Medium to Large pillars: thick, medium to large candles.Light and burn one knob each day for 7 days. 7 Knob: seven knob candles are popular in American folk magic traditions and are used to cast a spell for seven days in a row.Bless them and burn them as often as you’d like. ![]() Use novena candles to honor your gods/goddesses, ancestors, angels, etc. Novenas: jarred, tall candles often found in the dollar store, Walmart, or the grocery store with pictures of saints, Mary, and Jesus.Use tapers to light up your altar during ritual or seal a witch’s bottle. These were popular candles in the old days and were handmade back then. Tapers: These are the long, thin candles your grandma has at her house.I’ve tried to make it easier for you here. It’s left up to the candle magic practitioner to decide. The thing is most rituals and spells don’t tell you what kind or size to use. Feel free to pin it to your Pinterest board for future reference!īeginners are often confused on what kind or size of candle to use for candle magic. ![]() Use this candle magic color guide to choose the right color. Color itself is a magical thing and fuels your intention in your candle magic ritual. The best candle magic starts with thinking about the color and kind of candle you’ll use.
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